Inkstand.



PATENTED MAY 23, 190

No. 855,124. T. H. NEWMAN.

INKSTAND. APELIOATIOH FILED NOV.-1, 1906.

DVVE/VTOR Allomeys PETERS THOMAS H. NEWMAN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

lNKSTAND-.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28,1907.

Application filed November 1,1906. Serial No. 341,633-

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. NEWMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Inkstands, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to ink stands, and its object is to provide an ink stand that may be upset without spilling its contents.

The invention consists of a receptacle provided with a plurality of inverted truncated cones which will deflect the ink when the receptacle is upset away from the center of the receptacle and thus prevent it from escaping.

The construction of the improvement will be more fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of'this specification and its novel features will be defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical section of an ink-stand embodying the invention, and Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the ink stand in inverted position.

The reference numeral 1 designates the body portion of the ink stand provided with an opening 2, surrounded by a threaded collar 3 to receive an internally threaded closure cap 4.

The numeral 5 designates an inverted cone dependin within the body 1, and secured thereto, therewith. The cone 5 terminates a short distance above the bottom of the body 1, and within said cone is a second inverted cone 6 connected to the cone 5 by an annular plate eing preferably formed integral.

7. This supplemental cone 6 terminates above the lower open end of the cone 5, and said cones provide spaces 8 and 9 to receive ink when the ink stand is tilted or inverted.

The supplemental cone 6 is designed to receive a suitable stopper 10.

The utility and operation of the device will be readily understood. In case the ink stand is upset, the ink will flow into the space 8, and if any portion thereof escapes through the lower open end of the cone 5, it will run into the space 9, between the two cones and not out through the upper end of the cone 6.

The stand is filled through the upper open end of the cone 6, after the stopper is removed, or throu h the opening 2, the latter also serving as a discharge openmg for emptying the stand.

What I claim and desire to secure tersPatent, is

An inkstand comprising a receptacle provided with an interior horizontal partition located below the top or rim of said receptacle and having a central opening, and two in verted truncated cones integral with said partition and depending therefrom into the receptacle, one of said truncated cones being arranged Within the other and wholly inclosed thereby, the cones being spaced from each other to form a chamber between the same, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS H. NEWMAN.

by Let- Witnesses:

MAX H. SROLOVITZ, MILTON. E. LOURY. 

